| leap | | |
| bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring | (n.) | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. |
| jump, leap, saltation | (n.) | an abrupt transition.; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" |
| jump, leap | (n.) | a sudden and decisive increase.; "a jump in attendance" |
| leap | (n.) | the distance leaped (or to be leaped).; "a leap of 10 feet" |
| bound, jump, leap, spring | (v.) | move forward by leaps and bounds.; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" |
| jump, leap | (v.) | pass abruptly from one state or topic to another.; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" |
| jump, jump off, leap | (v.) | jump down from an elevated point.; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" |
| jump, leap | (v.) | cause to jump or leap.; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" |
| jump | | |
| jump | (n.) | (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another. |
| jump, start, startle | (n.) | a sudden involuntary movement.; "he awoke with a start" |
| jump, parachuting | (n.) | descent with a parachute.; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" |
| jump, jumping | (n.) | the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground.; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" |
| jump, start, startle | (v.) | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm.; "She startled when I walked into the room" |
| jump | (v.) | make a sudden physical attack on.; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat" |
| jump | (v.) | increase suddenly and significantly.; "Prices jumped overnight" |
| jump, jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out | (v.) | be highly noticeable. |
| jump | (v.) | enter eagerly into.; "He jumped into the game" |
| climb up, jump, rise | (v.) | rise in rank or status.; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" |
| derail, jump | (v.) | run off or leave the rails.; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" |
| chute, jump, parachute | (v.) | jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute. |
| jump, jump-start, jumpstart | (v.) | start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery. |
| jump, pass over, skip, skip over | (v.) | bypass.; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
| alternate, jump | (v.) | go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions. |
| spring | | |
| spring, springtime | (n.) | the season of growth.; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" |
| spring | (n.) | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed.; "the spring was broken" |
| fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring | (n.) | a natural flow of ground water. |
| spring | (n.) | a point at which water issues forth. |
| give, spring, springiness | (n.) | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length. |
| form, spring, take form, take shape | (v.) | develop into a distinctive entity.; "our plans began to take shape" |
| bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | (v.) | spring back; spring away from an impact.; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" |
| spring | (v.) | develop suddenly.; "The tire sprang a leak" |
| spring | (v.) | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
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